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Building Type Basics eBook Series

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  • Building Type Basics for College and University Facilities

    Series Book 22 - Building Type Basics
    Essential information for the design of college and university facilitiesBuilding Type Basics for College and University Facilities, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the planning process and successfully complete the design of college and university buildings, large or small, on time and within budget. Award-winning architect and ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

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  • Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017

    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 is a learn-by-doing manual focused on the basics of AutoCAD Plant 3D. The book helps you to learn the process of creating projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D rather than learning individual tools and commands. It consists of sixteen tutorials, which help you to complete a project successfully. The topics explained in the plant design process are:• Creating Projects• ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • BIM Design

    Realising the Creative Potential of Building Information Modelling

    Series series AD Smart
    Building information modelling (BIM) is revolutionising building design and construction. For architects, BIM has the potential to optimise their creativity while reducing risk in the design and construction process, thus giving them a more significant role in the building process. This book demonstrates how innovative firms are using BIM technologies to move design away from the utilitarian ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Residential Building Codes Illustrated

    A Guide to Understanding the 2009 International Residential Code

    Series Book 9 - Building Codes Illustrated
    An easy-to-use illustrated guide to building codes for residential structuresAs the construction industry moves to a single set of international building codes, architects and construction professionals need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects. This newest addition to Wiley’s series of focused guides familiarizes code users with ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Parametric Building Design Using Autodesk Maya

    by Ming Tang ...
    Due to its comprehensive tool-set and great potential for 3D modeling, more and more architectural design and interior design firms are adapting Autodesk Maya and integrating it into their practice. There has been no book aimed at architects and designers who wish to harness the opportunities presented by this software, until now.....The book promotes parametric design. It integrates the ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Life Cycle Assessment

    Series series PocketArchitecture
    Life Cycle Assessment addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and techniques surrounding the use of life cycle assessment data and methods.Architects and construction professionals must assume greater responsibility in helping building owners to understand the implications of making material, manufacturing, and assemblage decisions and therefore ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Eleven Exercises in the Art of Architectural Drawing

    Slow Food for the Architect's Imagination

    This book deals with the critical nature and crucial role of architectural drawings. A manual which is essentially not a manual; it is an elucidation of an elegant manner for practising architecture.Organized around eleven exercises, the book does not emphasize speed, nor incorporate many timesaving tricks typical of drawing books, but rather proposes a slow, meditative process for construing ... Read more

    $109.92 CAD

  • Materials, Specification and Detailing

    Foundations of Building Design

    Series series Technologies of Architecture
    Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the Technologies of Architecture series, this volume examines the various layers of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up the many approaches to the essential function of technical design in the creation of successful buildings.Well-illustrated with case studies, the author draws on his extensive experience in architectural education to provide a ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • eHealth, Care and Quality of Life

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The debate over eHealth is alive as never before. Supporters suggest that it will result in dramatic innovations in healthcare, including a giant leap towards patient-centered care, new opportunities to improve effectiveness, and enhanced wellness and quality of life. In addition, the growing market value of investments in health IT suggests that eHealth can offer at least a partial cure for the ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Sustainable Facades

    Design Methods for High-Performance Building Envelopes

    by Ajla Aksamija ...
    Practical information on designing sustainable, energy-efficient building facadesAs energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming less of these resources are major objectives of contemporary facade design. Sustainable Facades focuses on the strategies ... Read more

    $110.99 CAD

  • Advanced Design Cultures

    Long-Term Perspective and Continuous Innovation

    Edited by Manuela Celi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book describes new thinking and practice in Advanced Design (ADD) – design that is not merely highly developed but anticipates the future by envisioning novel products and processes. The focus is especially on the front end of innovation and the search for solutions in complex pioneering processes using design-related tools and practices. The book opens by describing these tools, the ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Representational Techniques for Architecture

    Series series Basics Architecture
    The techniques used to represent architectural design are examined in Representational Techniques for Architecture. A broad array of methodologies for developing architectural ideas are described, ranging from two- and three-dimensional conceptual sketches, through to the working drawings required for the construction of buildings. The book offers a range of practical drawing methods, showing how ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD